methylation

  1. Noun.  (chemistry) the addition of a methyl group to a molecule.
  2. Noun.  (genetics) the addition of a methyl group to cytosine and adenine residues in DNA that leads to the epigenetic modification of DNA and the reduction of gene expression and protein production.

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